Native American policeman Joe Leaphorn probes the murder of an old Indian soothsayer and a young Indian girl, and ends up investigating the strange kidnapping of a group of Boy Scouts and evading a plot on his own life.
Investigating Astronomy. A Conceptual View of the Universe
Tim Slater and Roger Freedman have worked to improve astronomy and overall science education for many years. Now, they've partnered to create a new textbook, a re-envisioning of the course, focused on conceptual understanding and inquiry-based learning. Investigating Astronomy: A Conceptual Approach to the Universe is a brief, 15-chapter text that employs a variety of activities and experiences to encourage students to think like a scientist. The authors engaged the help of hundreds of instructors to determine not only which concepts should be taught but how much depth in which to explain them.
Nothing in the universe is more mysterious than the inner workings of the human mind.
- Do other people have a mind like yours and, if so, how do you know? - Is your mind something distinct from your body, or do ordinary physiological processes produce minds? - Can a machine have a mind? - What is consciousness? - Do you have free will? - Is everything you are now experiencing actually happening, or is that an elaborate illusion created by the mind? The mind reels at such questions! But philosophy provides powerful tools for investigating the mysteries of thinking, feeling, and perceiving.
Investigating Chemistry: A Forensic Science Perspective
In its new second edition, Investigating Chemistry: A Forensic Science Perspective remains the only book that uses the inherently fascinating topics of crime and criminal investigations as a context for teaching the fundamental chemical concepts most often covered in an introductory nonmajors course. Covering all the standard topics, Matthew Johll capitalizes on the surge of interest in the scientific investigation of crime (as sparked by CSI and other television shows), bringing together the theme of forensic science and the fundamentals of chemistry in ways that are effective and accessible for students.
There are many causes for different kinds of weather, but the biggest factors are heat, water, and wind. For example, the reason why one type of precipitation falls instead of another is usually because of the air temperature. Today, there are many scientific instruments that help predict the weather. These instruments help people prepare for storms before they happen.
Nothing in the universe is more mysterious than the inner workings of the human mind.
